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Category: Audit
Here Are Some Viable Alternatives To Naming Audit Partners in Reports
Let no one say our comment section is pointless, offensive, and about as valuable as […]
If A Tree Falls at a PCAOB Public Meeting About Partner Naming and No One Cares, Does It Make a Sound?
"The day after Thanksgiving is known in America as Black Friday – the opening of […]
The PCAOB Has Added “Information For Audit Committees” To Its Website
Audit committees play a vital role in the capital markets' investor protection framework through their oversight […]
Auditor Musical Chairs a Little More Lively in 2013
We tracked over 1,000 auditor changes so far in 2013, compared to around 900 for […]
CAQ’s Audit Committee Explainer Is a Perfect Commercial Filler for Your Saturday Morning Cartoon Lineup
According to CAQ's YouTube page, this was posted back on July 30 (SOX's birthday, no […]
The AICPA Couldn’t Give Broker Dealer Audit Standards a Thumbs Up Without a Pat on Their Own Back
THE MAN HAS SPOKEN. This is the official statement from Barry Melancon in response to […]
Just in Time for the Holidays: A PCAOB Auditor ID Proposal
Auditors are traditionally quiet participants in a company’s final annual report, signing their firm’s name […]
Here Are a Couple of Charts That Sum Up Auditor Fees since 2002
Courtesy of our friends at Audit Analytics, who have just issued a new study evaluating […]
Auditors of Broker-Dealers Are Letting Us All Down
COME ON, YOU GUYS. You're making EY look really good and that is no small […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Phoned in Its Opposition to the PCAOB’s Revised Auditor Report Proposals
If there's one thing that you can count on when regulators propose rules that will […]
Here’s How the Top Eight Audit Firms Ranked in PCAOB Inspection Error Rate
This got by us for some reason, but Compliance Week noted Crowe Horwath's atrocious error rate in […]